The Christmas countdown has well and truly begun
but there’s still a little bit of time left to look back at the year before we
ring in 2018.

In the first days of 2017 we shared our thoughts
about the biggest trends we thought we’d see throughout the year, so it’s time
to take a look back and see if we were right. You can read the full post
here but our main predictions were:

Innovative devices hit the shelves

Cloud chasing will boom

More community events and conventions

International regulation

Now, let’s go through our predictions one by one
to see how close we got.

Prediction One:
Innovative Devices Hit the Shelves

Now this one we think we got spot on. Perhaps we
were cheating a little with this because we knew we had some exciting,
innovative devices on the cards for 2017 but we’re delighted with how many new
devices we’ve been able to bring you throughout the year.

We think 2017 has been the year that vapers
really got to tailor their vaping experience to their own personal preferences.
Both the Trinity and PRO Series 3X devices allow for a multitude of different
vape styles and even different types of e-liquid.

We hope this trend continues long into 2018 -
versatility is key.

Prediction Two:
Cloud Chasing Will Boom

This one’s a bit of a mixed bag - so we’d love
to hear if you think 2017 was the year cloud chasing truly boomed. It’s been
rising in popularity for a long time now but we’re not quite sure it reached
its peak over the past twelve months; we think there’s still some room for
growth so we’ll continue this prediction into 2018.

That said, we’ve had many interesting
discussions with you on Twitter about sub-ohm vaping and shared a couple of
blog posts about the topic. Not to
mention both the Trinity and PRO Series 3X are sub-ohm capable devices.

It’s certainly been a big year for cloud
chasing, but we’re not sure if a boom truly happened.

Prediction Three:
More Community Events and Conventions

Again, another one we might have missed the mark
on. While plenty of well-established events took place throughout the year, we
didn’t see the emphasis on local meet ups and smaller scale community events
that we’d hoped to see.

If you attended any vaping event in 2017, large
or small, national or local, we’d love to hear about your experience on the
day.

Prediction Four:
International Regulation

Well, this one was hard to miss, wasn’t it? 2017
was the year the TPD came into effect for all countries throughout the EU, with
countries taking a soft or hard approach to the legislation depending on their
government’s approach to e-cigarettes.

Here in the UK the government’s attitude towards
e-cigarettes seems to have become more positive throughout the year and we hope
to see this continue in the future.

Further afield, however, the news in 2017 hasn’t
been quite so positive. Worrying stories have emerged from the
US, India and Australia, though conversely we have seen
heartening news from both
Finland and Bulgaria.

To finish with, we want to leave you with a few
interesting stats about vaping that have emerged as part of ASH’s 2017
e-cigarette report.

There are now 2.9 million vapers in Great
Britain, up from 700,000 in 2012

There are now more ex-smokers who vape (1.5
million) than current smokers (1.3 million)

52% of vapers are ex-smokers and 45% are
smokers who also vape

Some positive figures to end the year on, we
think you’ll agree!

Who knows what the future holds for vaping in
2017 but we can only hope to see more exciting releases, positive steps forward
in legislation and ongoing community events that help e-cigarette users across
the world connect and draw inspiration from fellow vapers.

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